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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77267	The penitent pilgrim bemoning his sinfull condition. Faith appeares vnto him affording him comfort hope seconds that comfort charity promiseth him in this vaile of missery to cover all his scarlett sins wth: [sic] ye white robe of mercy, & conduct him safly to ye kingdome of glory. By Io: Hall	Brathwaite, Richard, 1588?-1673, attributed name.; Hall, John, 1627-1656, attributed name.; Herdson, Henry, attributed name.; Le Blon, Christof, d. 1665, engraver.	1651 (1651)	Wing B4275aA; ESTC R224400	106,709	434

thou directed me when I slept thou kept me when I cried thou heard me Nay shall I more fully declare thy goodnesse towards me If after these few but evill dayes of my pilgrimage even now when the keepers of the house tremble and the strongmen bow themselves and the grinders cease because they are few and they waxe darke that looke out by the windowes if I say after these many too many mis-spent dayes I abuse thy gracious patience no more with fruitlesse delaies but with my whole heart repent me for offending thee thou forthwith sparest me if I returne thou receivest me nay if I deferre my returne so my delay make me not presume thou waitest for me Thus doth thy mercy reclaime me straying invite me withstanding expect me foreslowing embrace me returning Thus hast thou taught me when I was ignorant comforted me when I was desolate raised mee from ruine restored me after my falling bestowed on mee begging found by me seeking and opened to me knocking And shall I bee forgetfull of these Nay Lord let my right hand sooner forget her cunning nay may I rather become razed out of the Booke of the living then I become forgetfull of thy gracious dealing I will returne then unto thee with a sorrowfull heart but with wings of hope because from thee commeth my helpe I know Lord Because of unrighteous dealing and wrongs and riches gotten by deceit the Kingdom is translated from one people to another Deare Lord great sins require deepe sighes as I have beene infinite in sinning may I be incessant in sorrowing that sowing in teares I may reape with joy in the day of my translation THE PENITENT PILGRIM CHAP. 1. The poore penitent Pilgrim bemones his present sinfull condition O Draw neer mel doe not turne your eyes from mee but looke upon mee the poorest penitent Pilgrim that ever sojourned in Idumaea O woe is mee that my Habitation is prolonged O woe is me that I have dwelt so long with the Inhabitants of Kedar Hence it is that mine house is become full of blacknesse no Guest but Sorrow lodgeth in it because the woful'st sinfull'st wretch that ever breathed is the owner of it O woe is mee where shall I turne me If to Heaven my sinnes become as bars to shut me from it Nay I have highly provoked his wrath who is commander of it If to Earth I find my selfe wholly unworthy that it should beare me having already so long born with me by bearing with that iniquity which it hath so long time received from me If to Hell O there I find the just portion of my inheritance a place fitting to punish my wickednesse I find Tophet prepared of old and for old Transgressors Such as have made an old League with the Old-man Such as have no acquaintance with the New-man And such an one am I of all others the most miserable man who have made my selfe an Alien to Sion because so wholly naturalized to sinne Worthily then may all the Elements fight against mee Nay all Gods Creatures professe themselves Enemies to mee because I have imagined mischiefe in my heart against Him who made both them and me Retire then sinfull soule poor comfortlesse soule and recollect thy selfe a little Leave the Company of men and hye thee to the waters of Marah Leave the world and fly into the Wildernesse Let thy dwelling bee with the Pellican and the Ostrich with the mournefull Turtle or the Sparrow on the house-top Let thy Musicke bee as the Chattring of the Crane As thine eye was the sense of sinne so let it bee the sense of sorrowing Never had poore Pilgrim more cause O my Redeemer make me sensible of my present state CHAP. 2. His comming into Idumaea The companions hee consorted with there YOung and so very young I was when I first came into Idumaae as my tender age required a Guardian to manage my youth And divers good and gracious Consorts there were whom at the first I received into my acquaintance And with these I lived for a little time familiarly and bettered my selfe much by their company But alas for griefe I continued not long with them Other Companions drew me from them Those good and vertuous ones betooke themselves as I thought to a course of life too strict for my loose affection to follow I felt the Spirit of youth ryoting within mee Those devout tasks which before I observed begun now to bee intermitted I held a sober regular life too eremiticall private retired walkes too stoicall I thought with myselfe how I had staied too long in the Tyring-house I must now shew my selfe upon the Stage where I played the Prodigals part to life for I bestowed my whole life upon the action of that part when I saw a Thiefe I followed him and with the Adulterer I divided my portion I bestowed the day in variety of follies and a great part of the Night in a delightfull remembrance of those follies Let us prepare our selves said one for the spoile and I had an hand as ready to further it as hee to demand it Let us drinke wine in bowles and carouse till our eyes be red let the day care for it selfe while the day of our life admits no care Let us take our full of pleasure said the wanton let our delight be in dalliance and I followed the steps of the whorish woman though her wayes led to death And I delighted my selfe in the company of the Drunkard yet had I read and the more my sinne not to reteine To whom was woe to whom sorrow to whom strife to whom murmuring to whom wounds without cause and to whom rednesse of the eyes Even to them that tarry long at the wine to them that goe and seeke mixt wine And I had heard too nay my experience of others miseries had inform'd me too How because of the whorish woman a man is brought to a morsell of bread and how a woman will hunt for the precious life of a man And yet I considered not these things nor applied them to my heart but like the foole to the Stocks I laughed while I perished I sported in my misery and knew nothing how Ismael played with me O my Redeemer looke upon me in mercy and give me a sensible apprehension of my misery CHAP. 3. How his owne Menicy became his deadliest Enemy TOo true have I found that Proverbe Who can have a worser friend then he brings with him Foes I had without Feares within but my bosome friends I found ever to bee my busiest foes And what lesse could I expect then that my bosome friends should prove my deadliest Foes being receivers and Abetters of my bosome sins O what disorderly passions raged nay raigned in me what divided thoughts of hope and feare were ever encountring me In my prosperity feare of adversity wrought upon me in my adversity hope of prosperity seazed on mee Neither did either of these conditions well